Organic Gardening

[MacFlax]

Organic Gardening

26 Jul '13 4:24 pm

Yes, like the heading says, this forum is about organic gardening. I should probably post here more often. The only pesticide I used was isopropyl alcohol for an outbreak of mealy bugs. Then someone in a nursery mentioned that particular variety of pittosporum is very prone to it so out it came. That's the catch, I do try to avoid planting anything that is prone to problems in the first place so sometimes it's a bit limiting.

[pumpkin]

Re: Organic Gardening

3 Nov '13 7:49 am

*bump - burying a weed

That's a very good idea MacFlax, unfortunately I love so many things that don't grow well in my garden and being a greedy gardener I go ahead and plant them. Nature usually knows better tho and settles the score. The plant karks it!

[MacFlax]

Re: Organic Gardening

7 Nov '13 11:51 pm

Good work Pumpkin!

[freshgrow191]

Re: Organic Gardening

24 Jun '14 5:26 pm

Nice pumpkin
tha'ts organic farming...

[AnthonyParker86]

Re: Organic Gardening

16 Jun '16 10:49 pm

I am a big fan of organic gardening and I try to avoid using pesticides as much as possible in my work. Of course, there are always a few situations where dealing with the problem in an organic matter is impossible. For instance, not long ago we had a very severe fire blight on apple trees, and curing all that without using chemicals was practically impossible. But where it's possible, I try to replace the chemical remedies with some tricks I've learned with time. Like for instance dealing with weeds and some pests in organic ways. For instance, I use beer to get rid of slugs. Strange, but it works.